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Michael Chaplin (born 1951, County Durham) is an English television writer and executive.

He began his career as a print and television journalist. He moved into documentary and drama production before becoming head of drama and arts at Tyne Tees Television, where he was executive producer for some of the Catherine Cookson adaptations.

He become head of programmes at BBC Wales before turning to full-time writing for radio, theatre and television.

In the late 1990s he created Grafters and Monarch of the Glen. In 2001, he received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his script for an episode of Dalziel and Pascoe. His most recent TV work has been the ITV drama about Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup.

In 2006 he became a visiting professor at the University of Sunderland.

His play about Newcastle United F.C., will be performed at the Live Theatre in 2009.

He contributed several scripts to the third and final season of Robin Hood for the BBC in 2009.

His father was writer Sid Chaplin.
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Total Books: 2
Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years in Black and White
2021 - Newcastle United Stole My Heart Sixty Years in Black and White (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781787385573
ISBN-10: 1787385574
Genres: History, Sports & Outdoors
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Act Of Betrayal
Act of Betrayal (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780552134378
ISBN-10: 0552134376
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